Combination reed hock and knife



W. H. HARRISON.

COMBINATION REED HOOK AND KNIFE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. H5, 192].

Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

a State of WILLIAM H. HARE T E E Q 7 ISON, OF RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA.

, COMBINATION REED HOOK AND KNIFE.

To all whom. it concern:

Be it known that I, lVILLIAM SON' a citizen of the United at ltaleigp, in the county Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 16, 1921.

H. HARRI- States, residing of ake, and orth Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Reed Hooks and Knives, of which the following is being had to the accompanying d a specification,

reference rawmgs.

In cotton, woolen, and silk mills the weavers endeavor to plement of this character,

procure'the very best imas is possible to obtain, and with this purpose in view it is the aim to provide an improved combination reed hook and knife,

consisting of few parts, and wherein the handle may be made of brass, nickel, silver, and suitably decorated, a plain surface part, on or weavers name may be engrav ously should the implement be los be returned to the owner.

Another purpose involves the of a hollow handle, and a chuck ini -the handle, and means for blade in one end of the chuck a in its opposite end, so that when is in place in the or gold, or plated, and provided with which the owners ed. Obvit, it would provision to engage holding a nd a hook the chuck handle, the blade is housed in the-handle, and the hook is exposed for use. It is obvious that when it is desired to use the blade, the chuck and the hook may be removed, after which thehook may be detached from the chuck, the blade then secured in the end of the chuck for merly holding the hook, after which the chuck is reconnected to the handle.

Still another purpose consists in the provision of means for detachably holding the It is obvious that the chuck in the handle.

handle houses and protects the blade, while the hook is being used, hence in thismanner the blade is'at all times ready for use, with the exception of detaching the placing the blade in position on The housing of the from becoming lost, or getting from the handle. i

While the design and constructi hook and the chuck.

blade prevents the blade separated on at present illustrated and set forth is deemed pref- 0 enable, it is obvious that as a 1 reduction of the invention to a more practical form for commercial purposes, the invention may be'susceptible ofchanges, and

the right to these changes is cla 'esult of a imed, prolost, itwill be returned tracted portion 3 Patented Mar. 28, 1922. Serial No. 445,420.

through the combination reed hook and knife, showing the means for holding the chuck and the blade and hook in the handle.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view in perspective of the chuck.

Figure a isa detail 4% of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a detail perspective View of a cylindrical chuck, instead of a chuck rectangular in cross section.

sectional view on line Referring more especially to the drawings,

l designates a handle, which may be any suitable size, shape or configuration, and carved or otherwise decorated, and constructed of any suitable material, preferably brass, nickel, silver, or gold, or plated.

The handle has a plain space 2 thereon, on which the owners or weavers name may be engraved, so that in case the implement is to the owner. Preferably the handle is hollow, and the conof the hollow handle receives a chuck 4. The wallof the contracted portion 3 V with a notch 5, which is engaged by the abutment shoulder 6 of a leaf spring 7, which is secured on one side of the chuck by a'screw S. The face of the chuck carrying the leaf spring is recessed as inclicated at 9, so asto countersink the spring, in order to prevent lateral. movement of the same. The opposite ends of the chuck having openings 10" and 11,which respectively receive the hook 12 and the blade 13. The end of the chuck which carries the hook 12 on one side thereof nearest the spring 7 is recessed or cut away, to receive the spring when depressed, so as to permit the shoulder 6 of the spring to engage and disengage the notch 5. The reed hook 12 and the blade 13 areof the usual construction as shown. ficrewsl l are threaded through the side of the chuck, to hold the hook and the blade of the hollow handle is provided reconnected to the handle.

7 a slot 18 connecting with the connected to .the chuck, .so that when the operator desires to extract thechuck, the hook or the blade may be grasped and a pulling action imparted thereon, the chuck and the blade will detach from the handle as one body. In other words by means of the screws 14, the tached to the chuck when it is being extracted from the handle.

As previously stated the hook is or the general construction, and has a curved end portion 16 provided with an opening'l't' and opening 17.

By depressing the free unattached end of the spring 7, it is obvious-that the shoulder 6': will disengage from the notch 5, after which the chuck with its attached parts may be removed from the handle; After detaching the chuck the blade 13 maybe detached and connected to the other end of the chuck in place of the hook, then the chuck may be 'VVhe-n the operator finishes with the blade, it may be detached, and the hook reconnected, and the blade reattached to its respective end. of the chuck, and housed in the handle.

It is obvious that the chuck may beany suitable shape in cross section, either recshoulder of the bore,

formerly holding the hook,

tangular, cylindrical or otherwise shaped.

One end of the chuck has a reduced extension 15, there being an adjoining shoulder 16, which engages a shoulder '17 of the inner end of the chuck receiving bore of the han dle, thereby limiting the movement of the chuck therein, so that the tooth or shoulder 6 of the leaf spring will register with the so that the two shoulders may engage and prevent the extraction of the chuck. The interengagingshoulders 5 and 6 prevent outward movement of the chuck, while the shoulders '16 and 17* limit the chuck in its inward movement. Also it is obvious that the as shown in Figure 3, or in two pieces as shown in Figure 5, and in this case the screws 14L will pass through the two pieces of the chuck and through the shanks of the hook and the blade, and thereby secure the parts together. The two pieces of the chuck inFigure 5 have openings 18 for the reception of the screws 14. r /Vhile it is herein stated that the hook may be detached from the v chuck, and the blade then secured in it is obvious that the blade can be used otherwise. For instance the chuck may be removed from the handle, and the chuck employed as a small handle. In this case the chuck may be turned end for end,'when either one of the 'tools is to be used.

The invention havlng been set forth. what is claimed as be ng useful is:

1.1 The; combination with a storage"c0ntainer having a socket at one end opening blade13 will remain at} opens into the storage container,

chuck may be in one piece the end of the chuck* into the body .otthe container,ofacoupling chuck conforming 'to and adaptecltozengage said socket and having sockets at its ends, tools engaging the sock ts of the chuck, one beinghoused in the storage container while theother is in use, the one in use adapted to replaced by the one which is stored, means engaging transversely of the chuck to hold the tools in the sockets ofthechuck,

.means carried. by the chuck and operatively engaging the wall of the socket carried by the storage container, and means adjacent where the first socketopens into the storage container to be engaged by the chuckto limit the chuck in its insei ing movementin itssocket, in holding means to cooperate withthewall. of its socket to hold the chuck in place.

2. The combination with a storage container having. asocket at one'end, of. acon pling chuck engaging vided with sockets at its opposite ends,-tools engaging the last namedsockets, means carried by the chuck. and engaging the wall of its receiving socket for holding the chuck. in

said socket ,and. proorder to permit the chuck its socket,- the chuck receiving-socket opening into the storage container and having a shoulder at the pointwhere said. socket the t being reduced, thereby end of the chuck ner end of the chuck,

causing ashoulder to be formed on the into cooperate w th the.

first shoulder to lim t the chuck in itsinscrtion in its socket. I. I p 7 3. The combination with a storage container having a socket into the storage container, conforming to and fittin the socket and; being detachably fastened therein, the inner end of the chuck having a shouldered por tion, and means adjacent where the chuck re ceiving socket opens into. the storage. container to. beengagedby the shouldered portion to limit the chuck in its insertion in its socket, and tools carried by the opposite end otjsaidchuck. I

l. The corbination'with alstoragecontainerhaving a socket at oneendopening into the storage container, a coupling chuck contormingto and fitting the socket,- and being detachably fastened end of the chuck having ashouldered portion, the, inner .end .of l the chuck" receiving socket where it opens into the storage container having ashoulder; to be engaged by at one end opening a coupling chuck therein, the inner the shouldered portion of the'chuck to limit the chuck in its insertion in its socket, and tools carried by the opposite .ends of the chuck. I 5 5. The combination with storagecom,

tainer having asocket atone end opening sections semi-cylindr1ca1 in cross container to limit the chuck in its insertion in its socket, the'opposite ends of the chuck having sockets, tools engaging the last named sockets, said chuck comprising two section, said tools engaging said last named sockets in planes at right angles to the joint between the two sections of the chuck, and means 

